While the real work of the 2018 Senior Bowl is done in the interview room and on the practice field, the week begins with the national scouting weigh-ins. Each player is poked and prodded for measurements of height, weight, hand size, arm length and wingspan.

NFL teams are trying to determine which quarterbacks meet ideal thresholds, which receivers have big enough hands, which players have rare body-type traits and much more.

I am sure they were told not to come ..since Josh M will be back for sure

Anyway this will be a few days of serious bonding for Bowles and Kacy after that rough 5-11 season and beating they took via media and fans...grits, bacon and eggs at Waffle House ...lunch at Dennys.. dinner ??.... Better ask the Hotel Conceriege...oh thank you mister Johnson...yummy

“I think there are six or seven total quarterbacks there so I imagine some of the people aren’t as well-known as he is and they're really anxious to get those reps.”

Mayfield entered the NFL Draft with an impressive body of work that included winning the 2017 Heisman Trophy and guiding the Sooners into the College Football Playoff. It's unlikely Mayfield could improve his draft stock by playing in the Senior Bowl, especially when weighed against injury risk.

Playing in Saturday’s college all-star game also wasn’t the main reason Mayfield accepted the Senior Bowl's invitation. Mayfield recently said his purpose was to dispel maturity concerns NFL teams may have stemming from his on-field antics at Oklahoma and an arrest last February on alcohol-related charges.

"There are a lot of skeptical people out there who think I have character issues," Mayfield told Brandt and me at the Walter Camp Awards in New Haven, Conn. "That’s why I'm doing (the Senior Bowl) — to sit down and have a conversation with people, let them know I love the game of football and I'll do anything to win.

“Quite frankly, I think that matters a lot more than anything else.”

The Broncos, whose coaches are in charge of the Senior Bowl's North squad and have the No. 5 overall pick in April’s draft, requested to have Mayfield on their player roster. That will give Denver an entire week to work with him during practices and in the classroom before Saturday's kickoff.

That may have to be enough.

“If he does play, I think it will be fairly limited,” Mills said. “But it's always said the workouts are more important than the game anyway.

“Particularly, I think the Broncos' staff just wants to get know him better and establish a relationship with him."

Other quarterbacks on the North roster include Wyoming's Josh Allen, Nebraska's Tanner Lee and Washington State's Luke Falk.